Visit to the Faulds in Spain

Last month we went to visit our friends, Rob and Karolina and their girls Natalia and Veronika, in their new place just outside Orgiva, in southern Spain. This is the same Rob who excelled at oyster cracking at James' bash a few months back. Another Prague veteran.

They moved here from California 6 months ago and have settled in pretty well. Orgiva is a small town in the foothills of the Alpujarra, in the Sierra Nevada range. I hope some of the pictures will do justice to the beauty of the setting they wake up to every morning.

Here are the girls, Veronika in front and Natalia on her bike, guiding us through the eucaluptus grove, part of their extended garden. This is a front view of their house, nestled snugly between mountains at the back and an enormous "front garden", just about enough space for the girls (who know no fear) to go as mad as they dare on their bikes.

Every few days the goats come by. This is an abandoned old finca you see at the edge of the eucaplytus forest, but would have been used originally for the shepherds to rest before moving his herd on.

The boys loved hearing the bell and rushed out to watch them go by. At first Gregor tried to get amongst the herd but soon learnt he'd be better off watching from the sidelines.